moretimethansense said:
That would have gotten you six NEW games on consoles, I thought I better point that out, thrifty shoppers can faind great games quite cheap if they don't mind waiting a bit.
As to your question, I comute.
I used $40 as my price-per-game in that equation, attempting to factor in some games being new and some games being used. Since most new games are $60 as far as I'm aware, I think this is a fair estimate. I agree that thrifty shoppers can find good deals, but I'm sure you'll agree that it takes far less effort to simply wait until one of Steam's massive sales and buy enough to tide you over until the next one. Also, what do you mean by "comute?" My window shows it as a misspelling.
viranimus said:
I cant help but to say no you dont as you own nothing when you buy from steam outside of a long term rental license for access that can be revoked at steams discretion.
As far as I'm aware, all games and consoles work this way, as demonstrated by Sony's lawsuits against PS3 modders. From what I can see, a digital license is more assurance of play than a physical disk; it cannot be broken, nor lost or stolen (unless your whole account is stolen, or course, but then Steam seems to be upgrading its security); Newell has said they've experimented with removing the validation system in the event that Valve goes under, and it works.
viranimus said:
I personally perfer PC titles when available but with exclusives I really cant see the logic in limiting ones self to one platform.
I didn't intend to make it sound like a self-imposed celibacy; as I said, I still play consoles with family. PC games are simply cheaper and easier for me; because I lack both money and time, I find myself playing them almost exclusively.
